ERIK SATIE: A MELANCHOLY TAURUS!

Eric Alfred Leslie Satie was born in Paris on May 17, 1866. An eccentric French composer and pianist during the 20th Century Parisian avant-garde, he was referred to as a gymnopedist in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnope’dies, published in Paris, starting in 1888.

Mr. Satie left a remarkable body of music and writings.  After many years of heavy drinking, he died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 1, 1925.

WARRIOR OF MUSIC: SERGE GAINSBOURG!

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg, on April 2, 1928 at 4:55 AM.

Sun:  Aries (Mars)

Ascendent:  Pisces (Neptune)

Moon:  Taurus (Venus)

He was a French singer, songwriter, poet, composer, artist, actor and director.  His diverse, artistic, provocative and scandalous releases embodied the musical genres of electronic, disco, jazz, reggae, chanson, funk, pop, and ye’-ye’.  He was an international sex symbol, a beloved, and influential figure in French popular music.

A LYRICAL SWORDSMAN

Gainsbourg’s childhood was profoundly affected by Nazi Germany’s occupation of France.  However, he transformed his wound into  lyrical swords of creative musical inspiration.

ASTROLOGER CHALLENGE

It would be interesting to compare the natal charts of Clyde Barrow and Serge Gainsbourg, both Sun in Aries, and Moon in Taurus; and Bonnie Parker and Brigitte Bardot, both Libras.

Song ~ Bonnie and Clyde by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

PUBLIC ENEMY: CLYDE CHESTNUT BARROW!

NOTORIOUS ARIES

Clyde Chestnut Barrow was born on March 24, 1909, in Talico, Texas at 10:55 AM, 32n22, 96w31.

Sun:  Aries (Mars)

Ascendant:  Gemini (Mercury)

Moon:  Taurus (Venus)

He traveled the Central United States, along with his partner, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker, his gang during the Great Depression.  The Barrow gang were outlaws, robbers, and criminals, and well-known to the American public during the Era of Public Enemy between 1931 and 1934.

CAREER CRIMINAL

During his lifetime, Clyde was a professional criminal, and along with his gang, preferred to rob small stores and rural gas stations.  However, he was famed for bank robberies.  The press sensationalized the Barrow gang, and depicted the road warriors’ lifestyle as more glamorous than the actual characterization of reality.

On May 23, 1934, in Louisiana, Clyde and Bonnie’s felony career came to a brutal end when they were ambushed by law officers, who sprayed their V8 Ford with more than 120 bullets, killing the notorious couple.  Commonly known as “Bonnie and Clyde,” the two have been memorialized in films, songs, novels, and poems.

THE LIBRARIAN

The Librarian ~ Giuseppe Arcimboldo

GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI

Giovanni Battista Gaulli ~ The Apotheosis of St. Ignatius

Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona ~ The Triumph of Divine Providence

Guido Reni

Guido Reni ~ The Annunciation

Agostino Carracci

Agostino Carracci ~ The Last Communion of St. Jerome

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci ~ The Judgement of Hercules

Michelangelo Merisi-Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi-Caravaggio ~ The Musicians (c. 1595)